𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐃𝐂 o𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫’𝐬 killing: 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐮 LG c𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 l𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 delegation 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐢

The Chairman of Agatu Local Government Council, Melvin James Ejeh, on Thursday led a delegation of presidency officers and stakeholders to Makurdi to commiserate with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, over the killing of Inspector of Corps Anyebe A. Abutu.

The NSCDC officer was murdered in Agatu.

Obochi Solomon, Chief Press Secretary to the chairman, in a press release on Thursday stated the delegation was obtained by the Benue State Commandant of the Corps, Bitrus Alice Larai, on the NSCDC State Command Headquarters in Makurdi.

According to the assertion, members of the delegation included the Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, Dr. Mrs. Margaret Ijaguwa Adamu; Elder Napoleon Adamu; Gubernatorial Liaison Officer for Agatu Local Government Area, Otukpa Philip; former Director-General of Services and Administration, Mohammed Audu; and Isaac Loko.

Ejeh, who introduced a proper condolence letter to the state commandant for onward transmission to the commandant-general, expressed the council’s unhappiness over the officer’s loss of life and reaffirmed its dedication to supporting safety businesses within the battle in opposition to insecurity.

DAILY POST recollects that Inspector Abutu was killed by unidentified gunmen alongside the Oshigbudu–Oweto Road in Agatu on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, whereas on obligation.

The chairman expressed concern that the newest killing occurred lower than two years after a police officer was murdered in the identical space.

He referred to as for a complete investigation into the incident and urged safety businesses to accentuate efforts to apprehend these accountable.